Georgia State travels to Constant Convocation Center on Saturday to take on Old Dominion. Tip-off is at 7:00 EST and you can see it on CSN-MA+, CSS, COX. The Panthers are 1-6 against the Monarchs over the last four years. They lost 65-60 the last time they played (2/22/2012).

Georgia State is 7th in the CAA and Old Dominion is in 11th. Both teams continue to jockey for position.

The 21 points and 5 rebounds by Manny Atkins helped the Panthers to a 74-58 cakewalk over William & Mary on January 16th. On top of a team-high 6.2 rebounds per game, he also scores 13.4 points per game. For the Monarchs, DeShawn Painter put up 18 points and 8 rebounds in the 65-60 loss to North Carolina-Wilmington on January 16th. He contributes a team-leading 11.6 points per game, 8.1 rebounds per game, and 1.0 blocks per game. From a tempo-free perspective, Old Dominion is strong in offensive rebounding percentage at 40.9. This is good enough for 1st in the conference and 11th in the nation.

Old Dominion StatSmack

It's only wins and losses, but Georgia State has a better overall record than Old Dominion this season (5-8 vs 2-11).

The Georgia State scoring leader (R.J. Hunter) has more points than the Old Dominion scoring leader (DeShawn Painter).

Georgia State is a better three-point shooting team (32.9% vs 28.8%) than Old Dominion this season.

The Georgia State blocks leader (James Vincent) has more blocks than the Old Dominion blocks leader (DeShawn Painter).

The Georgia State three-point leader (R.J. Hunter) has more three-pointers than the Old Dominion three-point leader (Aaron Bacote).

Devonta White is ranked 8th in the CAA in points, 5th in the CAA in assists, and 29th nationally in steals.

You'll do better on next semester's exams, right? Georgia State currently has a higher Academic Progress Rate (971 to 947) than Old Dominion, per the NCAA.

R.J. Hunter is ranked 4th in the CAA in points, 3rd in the CAA in three-pointers, 2nd in the CAA in steals, and 7th in the CAA in blocks.

Georgia State is better at defending the three (35.1% allowed vs 39.2% allowed) than Old Dominion this season.

The Georgia State steals leader (Devonta White) has more steals than the Old Dominion steals leader (Donte Hill).

Diaper Dandies love us. Georgia State has recruited more McDonald's All-Americans out of high school than Old Dominion (1 vs 0).